An anomalous early autumn storm system brought severe weather to portions of the ArkLaMiss. Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail occurred in the ArkLaMiss Delta during the evening hours of September twenty fifth.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
An anomalous early autumn storm system brought severe weather to portions of the ArkLaMiss. Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail occurred in the ArkLaMiss Delta during the evening hours of September twenty fifth. The most significant damage occurred in Cleveland, MS where a tornado damaged portions of a subdivision as well as a Walmart and Sears. The line of storms tracked very slowly to the south and east, causing numerous trees to fall across the Delta as well as flash flooding. Another tornado moved over Sunflower County near Drew. An agricultural pivot was flipped over and a few trees and power lines were blown down.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 25, 2:35 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW TORNADOES...POSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT... .SHORT TERM...THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AS A VIGOROUS WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO NWRN ZONES AROUND SUNSET AND LOW LEVEL HELICITY AND SHEAR WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. STRONG LOW LEVEL SLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND HEALTHY MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY. A HEALTHY WAVE DROPPING FROM INTO AR THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PIVOT INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL UPPER SUPPORT. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR NWRN ZONES...THIS AREA SITTING ALONG THE SRN FRINGES OF THE CURRENT WATCH AS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING. STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT THAT DEVELOPS TODAY AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE BOUNDARY...THE MAX EDGING INTO NE LA/NW MS BY 00Z AND SLOWLY WEAKENING AS IT SWEEPS EWD ACROSS THE AREA...WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASE TO NEAR 2 INCHES OVER NW MS AND INCREASE WELL ABOVE 1.5 INCHES ALONG AND W OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR. PARAMETERS CONDUCIVE TO STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL SPREAD EWD AND SEWD AS THE BOUNDARY EDGES THIS WAY. THE BETTER FORCING WILL BE LOCATED OVER NRN ZONES IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE UPPER LOW. HOWEVER HEALTHY MOISTURE CONVERGENCE... ALTHOUGH DECREASING AS THE BOUNDARY SWEEPS FARTHER S AND WEAKENS...WILL CONTINUE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY SUNRISE MONDAY. ALTHOUGH THE AREA WITH THE BEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NRN...IN PARTICULAR NWRN ZONES...ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT LATER TONIGHT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THE LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE SWEEPING THE BOUNDARY THROUGH MUCH FASTER THAN EARLIER ADVERTISED...THE NAM PUSHING THE BOUNDARY WELL S OF I-55 CORRIDOR MONDAY WHILE THE GFS PUSHES IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z TUESDAY. WHEREVER THE BOUNDARY STALLS A POOL OF MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND TO ITS SOUTH. WILL KEEP A CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION FOR MONDAY FOR ALL BUT NWRN ZONES ALONG THE PATH OF THE BOUNDARY AS IT CONTINUES SEWD DURING THE DAY. THE FASTER PROGRESSION OF THE BOUNDARY HAS RESULTED IN DRY MAV POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER WITH CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY IN THE SWD PROGRESSION OF THE BOUNDARY A CHANCE OF RAIN AND TSTMS WILL BE MAINTAINED IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW. THE AIR MASS REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THE BOUNDARY FORECAST TO LIFT GRADUALLY NWD WITH TIME. VERTICAL TOTALS ARE FORECAST FROM THE UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT TO LOWER 30S OVER THE SW TUESDAY AFTN. AN UPPER WAVE MOVES THRU MONDAY EVENING ALONG WITH ANOTHER WEAK WAVE INDICATED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WEAK UPPER SUPPORT ALONG WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY ACROSS AN AREA OF INSTABILITY...ADDING THE POSSIBILITY OF AFTERNOON HEATING...WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE CONVECTION FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. HAVE INCREASED LOWS SLIGHTLY IN A FEW PLACES IN THE SHORT TERM... ESPECIALLY NRN ZONES...OVER LATEST MAV MOS TO REMAIN MORE IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ALSO UNDERCUT MAV MOS HIGHS SLIGHTLY FOR A FEW AREAS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ZONES. .LONG TERM...THE MID WEEK PORTION OF THE FORECAST CONTINUES TO HAVE QUESTION MARKS AS A STALLED BOUNDARY WILL LINGER. HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO EXIST NEAR THE BOUNDARY AND LOOKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOME CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS AS THE SFC BOUNDARY HELPS PROMOTE SOME CONVERGENCE AND LIFT. FOR LATTER WEEK/WEEKEND...DRIER/COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN. FOR WED/THU...THE SFC BOUNDARY LOOKS TO GET A NUDGE SOUTHWARD AS STRONGER RIDGING BUILDS TO OUR NORTH. THIS WILL PUSH THE LOW END PRECIP CHANCES TO JUST ACROSS THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE CWA. BY FRI...A MUCH STRONG FRONT WILL NEAR AND MOVE THROUGH BY FRI NIGHT BRINGING MUCH COOLER AIR TO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL REMAIN TRICKY NEAR THE BOUNDARY FOR WED-THU AS CLOUDS/PRECIP WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON THE READINGS. OVERALL...GUID VALUES WERE SOLID AND FOLLOWED FOR THIS PERIOD. BY FRI-SAT...MORE SEASONAL READINGS LOOK TO DEVELOP AND GFS GUID REPRESENTED THAT WELL. THE ONLY BIG CHANCES WAS TO COOL SUN MORNING AND LEAN MORE TOWARD THE ENSEMBLE AND RAW GFS TEMPS AS THE COOL AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE. /CME/ && .AVIATION...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DELTA (KGLH AND KGWO) WHERE WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 20-25 KNOTS...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS OVER THE AREA DUE TO A STRENGTHENING AND APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE WEST. WHILE MOST SITES WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY... CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE DELTA REGION BY 22Z. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE DELTA THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT COULD BE STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO. AS THE FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY PUSHES FURTHER SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO SPREAD FURTHER SOUTHEAST WHILE WEAKENING IN INTENSITY. DEEP MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE UNDER SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MVFR/LIFR VISIBILITIES AND/OR CEILINGS DUE TO PATCHY FOG AND LOW STATUS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS DAY BREAK MONDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 68 83 62 86 / 47 20 25 23 MERIDIAN 66 82 62 86 / 32 30 20 21 VICKSBURG 66 83 61 85 / 50 13 26 23 HATTIESBURG 68 88 66 90 / 15 25 16 26 NATCHEZ 69 85 65 87 / 29 15 20 25 GREENVILLE 64 78 58 83 / 76 10 18 17 GREENWOOD 64 80 55 83 / 76 14 19 16 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 03/CME/19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 340 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>042-261945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- 340 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF BOTH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 855 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THRU 10PM TONIGHT... IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE...HUMPHREYS AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. .OVERVIEW... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DELTA REGION TOWARDS GRENADA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHEAST AND INTO THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION...A FEW TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER THE DELTA REGION BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM AS THE LINE PASSES. PLEASE SEE UPDATED GRAPHICAST AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN FOR A MAP OF RISK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ043>066-072>074-261945- RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA- MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON- LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON- ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 340 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF BOTH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE A CONCERN...AS WELL AS THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO DEEP MOISTURE RESIDING OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED MAY BE NEEDED ON LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. ALLEN/19
MSZ018-260015-
BOLIVAR MS-
620 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
620 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
CURRENTLY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTY
ARKANSAS AND WAS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF GUNNISON AT 616 PM CDT.
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BOLIVAR
COUNTY OVER WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY
BE NEEDED FOR BOLIVAR COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT ONE HALF HOUR. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3411 9065 3385 9066 3393 9104 3397 9110
3400 9101 3396 9098 3398 9097 3402 9099
3403 9090 3409 9088 3409 9092 3412 9096
3412 9095 3413 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 283DEG 33KT 3412 9145
JAThe Little Rock radar (KLZK), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down onto houses in Gunnison.
Quarter sized hail fell just north of Deeson.
The tornado started out producing a relatively narrow path of tree damage along Township Road. It moved southeast through the Stanton subdivision, heavily damaging four trailer homes and caused minor to moderate damage to several other homes and outbuildings. It continued to move southeast causing tree damage, and widened as it moved into the northwest side of the city of Cleveland. As the tornado moved through the north side of Cleveland, it snapped and uprooted numerous trees, blew the signs out of several restaurants and stores, blew the doors out of the automotive area of a department store, and blew out a wall and a large part of a roof of another commercial building. Several homes suffered shingle damage and power lines were downed. The tornado then turned more eastward, continuing to cause tree damage as it moved along and just north of State Highway 8 east of Cleveland. Additional power lines were downed and a few more homes suffered minor roof damage due to wind or branches falling on them. As the tornado crossed into Sunflower County it moved more southeast again. It snapped several wooden power poles along and just south of Highway 8 along Mallette-Jones Road, along with destroying a greenhouse type structure and causing some roof damage to a frame home. The tornado continued to cause tree damage in a relatively narrow path as it crossed Walker Road, and then dissipated before reaching Lusk Road. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph.
The tornado started out producing a relatively narrow path of tree damage along Township Road. It moved southeast through the Stanton subdivision, heavily damaging four trailer homes and caused minor to moderate damage to several other homes and outbuildings. It continued to move southeast causing tree damage, and widened as it moved into the northwest side of the city of Cleveland. As the tornado moved through the north side of Cleveland, it snapped and uprooted numerous trees, blew the signs out of several restaurants and stores, blew the doors out of the automotive area of a department store, and blew out a wall and a large part of a roof of another commercial building. Several homes suffered shingle damage and power lines were downed. The tornado then turned more eastward, continuing to cause tree damage as it moved along and just north of State Highway 8 east of Cleveland. Additional power lines were downed and a few more homes suffered minor roof damage due to wind or branches falling on them. As the tornado crossed into Sunflower County it moved more southeast again. It snapped several wooden power poles along and just south of Highway 8 along Mallette-Jones Road, along with destroying a greenhouse type structure and causing some roof damage to a frame home. The tornado continued to cause tree damage in a relatively narrow path as it crossed Walker Road, and then dissipated before reaching Lusk Road. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph.
It was estimated that 60 to 70 mph winds were occurring in Cleveland. Power outages occurred around town.
An agricultural pivot was flipped over, along with two trees snapped. Powerlines were downed, the roof was blown off a pumphouse as well as a baseball dugout, and some playground equipment was flipped over. The damage started just west of Radio Station Road and ended along Blue Lake Road. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph.
A half of foot of water was covering South Street in Cleveland, and Bishop Road on the southwest side of Cleveland.
A COOP observer recorded 3.42 inches of rain in one hour.
Quarter size hail fell in Shaw.
A house was struck by lightning damaging the house.
Power lines were blown down across Highway 12 near the Washington and Humphreys county line.
Several roads were flooded around town.
Trees and limbs were blown down just west of the county line east northeast of Anguilla. A funnel cloud was spotted in the vicinity at the time.
A member of the public spotted and took video of a well defined wall cloud and funnel cloud approaching Louise from the northwest.
Lightning struck a house on Dogwood Drive in Bovina, resulting in a fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2011Warnings in Mississippi, September 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 339702, 339703, 339704, 348180, 339705, 339761, 339774, 339782, 339780, 339784, 339790, 339792, 339794, 339797, 339800.